Manure-carrier.



J. c. CHAPEK.

MANURE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FHQED APR. 6, 1916.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Elwuwtm Ja aw eza JOSEPH C. CI-IAPEK, OF MICHIGAN, NORTH DAKOTA.

MANURE-GARRIER. F

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed ApriI 6, 1916. Serial No. 89,403.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnPi-I C. CHAPEK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Michigan, in the county of Nelson and State of North Dakota,have invented new and useful Improvements in lVIanure-Carriers, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to. manure carriers especially adapted to be usedin barns or similar structures for transferring the manure from thestable in order that it may be dumped into a spreader and it-eonsists inthe novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

The structure includes a wheel mounted frame upon which is positioned abody having a bottom composed of hinged panels. Pulleys are arranged atthe side of the frame and other pulleys are mounted upon the body.Rollers are journaled at the side of the body and a chain or otherflexible element is trained under the said rollers and connected attheir ends with the hinged panels and the intermediate portion of thesaid chain or flexible element is trained around the said pulleys. Alever is fulorumed upon the body and carries a pulley around which theintermediate portion of the said chain or flexible element is trained.\Vhen the lever is swung from a vertical to an approximate horizontalposition the said chain or flexible element is drawn whereby the hingedpanels are moved to closed position in the bottom of the body and whenthe said lever is swung so that it is vertically disposed the said chainor flexible element is moved longitudinally whereby the said bottompanels under the influence of gravity may swing to open position and thecontents of the body may gravitate therefrom.

In the accompanying drawing :Figurel is a side elevation of the manurecarrier. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is afragmentary longitudinal sectional view of the same.

The manure carrier comprises a frame 1 which is mounted upon wheels 2 inany suitable or usual manner. The said wheels are arranged to travelalong track rails 3 which may be positioned upon the floor of a barn orany other suitable support and which may extend if so desired beyond theside of the barn. A body 4 is mounted upon'the frame 1 and the said bodyis provided with hinged panels 5 which constitute the bottom of the saidbody Rollers 6 are journaled art the side of the frame 1. Pulleys 11 and12 are journaled at the side of the body 4: above the rollers 6. A lever13 is fulcrumed at the side of the body 1 and carries at its working enda pulley 1 1. A chain or other flexible element 15 is connected at itsends with the panels 5 at points between the hinged and free edgesthereof, the end portions of the said chain or flexible element thenpass through the openings 7 and under the rollers 6 thence over thepulleys 11 and 12. One end portion of the said chain or flexible elementextends from the pulley 12 under the pulley 10 and thence over thepulley 14c and under the pulley 9 and along the frame 1 and under thepulley 8. From the pulley 8 the said chain or flexible element extendsup to and over the pulley 11 as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

In operation the carrier is used as follows :The material is loaded intothe body a of the carrier when the power end of the lever 13 is at alowered position. hen the lever is in this position the chain orflexible element 15 is drawn longitudinally whereby the end portions ofthe said chain or flexible element hold the bottom panels 5 in closedposition in the body 1. vVhen it is desired to dump the material fromthe carrier, the carrier is moved along the track 3 to any desired pointand then the power end of the lever 13 is swung in an upward directionwhereby the chain 15 is rendered slack and the chain moveslongitudinally about the pulleys 9, 10, 8, 12 and 11 and under therollers 6 and through the openings 7 where by the free edges of thebottom panels 5 may swing in a downward direction and the material whichwas previously supported upon the said bottom panels may gravitate fromthe bottom 4 and fall into a manure spreader or other receptacleprovided for the reception of the material. After the carrier has beendumped the bottom panels 5 are swung nipulated to permit the contentsthereof to other pulleys mounted upon the frame, and gravitate from thebody which normally a lever fulcrumed upon the body and havholds thesaid contents. ing at its working end a pulley and a chain Havingdescribed the invention what is trained around the said pulleys and thesaid I claimed is rollers.

A carrier comprising a wheel mounted I In testimony whereof I affix mysignature frame, a body mounted upon the frame and in presence of twowitnesses. having hinged bottom panels, rollers jour- JOSEPH C. CHAPEK.naled at the side of the body, the said body Witnesses: being providedwith openings located below G. F. LAMB, the rollers, pulleys mountedupon the body, W. E. DALY.

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